Directory of Saint Veronica Resources

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St. Veronica is the name given to one of the women who accompanied Christ to Calvary. She is said to have offered Christ a towel, on which he left the imprint of his face. "Veronica" means "true icon."

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• Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Veronica

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15362a.htm
  Veronica is a name popularly given to one of the women who accompanied Christ to Calvary. "Veronica" is an abbreviation of "vera icon" (true image), and the woman now called Veronica is said to have offered a towel to Christ, on which he left the imprint of his face.

• Catholic Online: St. Veronica

  http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1953
  Short essay. Author not named.

• Patron Saints Index: Veronica

  http://catholicsaints.info/saint-veronica/
  Illustrated profile of the saint.

• Saint Veronica

  http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg39/gg39-41386.0.html
  15th-century painting by Hans Memling, accompanied by an explanation of the legend on which it is based. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

 

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